Australian Families of Crime
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Australian Families of Crime is an Australian documentary television series that is shown on the Nine Network
and hosted by actor Vince Colosimo
. Families of Crime gives an insight into some of Australia’s most infamous ‘Crime Families’ who wielded power, fear and destruction through the community.
Through interviews with family members, associates, victims and police investigators, their stories expose how some of Australia’s worst criminal families operated their web of violence and corruption.
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
and hosted by actor Vince Colosimo
Vince Colosimo
Vincenzo Colosimo is an Australian AFI Award winning stage, television and screen actor. He has worked in both Australia and the United States.-Personal life:...
. Families of Crime gives an insight into some of Australia’s most infamous ‘Crime Families’ who wielded power, fear and destruction through the community.
Through interviews with family members, associates, victims and police investigators, their stories expose how some of Australia’s worst criminal families operated their web of violence and corruption.
Episodes
Season 1- Episode 1 – Carl Williams: Baby Faced Killer
- Episode 2 – Ivan MilatBackpacker murdersThe Backpacker Murders is a name given to serial killings that occurred in New South Wales, Australia during the 1990s. The bodies of seven missing young people aged 19 to 22 were discovered partly buried in the Belanglo State Forest, south west of the New South Wales town of Berrima...
: Backpacker Bloodshed
- Episode 3 – Abe SaffronAbe SaffronAbraham Gilbert "Abe" Saffron was an Australian nightclub owner and property developer who was reputed to have been one of the major figures in Australian organised crime in the latter half of the 20th century....
: King Of The Cross
- Episode 4 – Mother of Evil: Pettingill
- Episode 5 – Dockers & Death: Les and Brian Kane
- Episode 6 – Mr. Bigs: Lenny McPhersonLenny McPhersonLeonard Arthur McPherson was one of the most notorious and powerful Australian career criminals of the late 20th century...
and George FreemanGeorge Freeman (bookmaker)George David Freeman was a Sydney organised crime figure and illegal casino operator. He was linked to the Sydney drug trade during the 1970s and '80s, was named in several Royal Commissions into organised crime and had links with American crime figures...
- Episode 7 – The Killer Couple: David and Catherine Birnie
- Episode 8 – Blood Brothers: The Anita CobbyAnita Cobby murderAnita Lorraine Cobby was an Australian registered nurse and beauty pageant winner. At 26 years old, she was abducted from Blacktown, and raped and murdered at nearby Prospect, on the evening of 2 February 1986...
Killers